Which has higher median age, Papua New Guinea or Tajikistan?

Papua New Guinea, at 22.34 against 21.93 in Tajikistan as of 2023.

What is the difference in median age between Papua New Guinea and Tajikistan?

0.41, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Our World in Data, published as Median age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Papua New Guinea

22.34

in 2023

Tajikistan

21.93

in 2023

Papua New Guinea rank

178th

Tajikistan rank

181st

Papua New Guinea currently reports 22.34 against 21.93 in Tajikistan, a difference of 0.41.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tajikistan ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 178th and Tajikistan ranks 181st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 5 and Tajikistan in 3.

Decade	Papua New Guinea	Tajikistan	Difference	Ahead
1950s	17.66	20.98	3.32	Tajikistan
1960s	16.88	18.4	1.52	Tajikistan
1970s	16.23	16.74	0.5182	Tajikistan
1980s	17.27	17.14	0.1275	Papua New Guinea
1990s	18.14	16.82	1.33	Papua New Guinea
2000s	19.24	18.46	0.7849	Papua New Guinea
2010s	20.74	20.58	0.1577	Papua New Guinea
2020s	22.03	21.66	0.372	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher median age, Papua New Guinea or Tajikistan?: Papua New Guinea, at 22.34 against 21.93 in Tajikistan as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age between Papua New Guinea and Tajikistan?: 0.41, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Tajikistan?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Tajikistan rank globally for median age?: Papua New Guinea ranks 178th and Tajikistan ranks 181st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Median age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.